,,,,,:-\^% %^\-:,,,,,
,,,,:-\^%¤ ¤%^\-:,,,,
,,,:-\^%¤# #¤%^\-:,,,
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,,,,,:-\^% %^\-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-\^ A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE ^\-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-\ BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY \-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:- SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY, :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:- ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-\ LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED \-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-\^ GPS COORDINATES. ^\-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-\^% %^\-:,,,,,
,,,,:-\^%¤ ,,, : \ : ,,, ¤%^\-:,,,,
,,,:-\^%¤# #¤%^\-:,,,
,,:-\^%¤## A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS ##¤%^\-:,,
,:-\^%¤### IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION ###¤%^\-:,
,,:-\^%¤## OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES. ##¤%^\-:,,
,,,:-\^%¤# GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES #¤%^\-:,,,
,,,,:-\^%¤ IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL ¤%^\-:,,,,
,,,,,:-\^% BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE %^\-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-\^ ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE. ^\-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-\ \-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:- VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON - -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:- PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-\ COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC \-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-\^ IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK ^\-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-\^% WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS %^\-:,,,,,
,,,,:-\^%¤ LOST. ¤%^\-:,,,,
,,,:-\^%¤# #¤%^\-:,,,
,,:-\^%¤## CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS ##¤%^\-:,,
,:-\^%¤### COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF ###¤%^\-:,
,,:-\^%¤## CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE ##¤%^\-:,,
,,,:-\^%¤# SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT #¤%^\-:,,,
,,,,:-\^%¤ SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF ¤%^\-:,,,,
,,,,,:-\^% IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK %^\-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-\^ OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH. ^\-:,,,,,,
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